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Employment law in United States — Kentucky

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 15.816 Employment assistance program for low-income noncustodial parents.

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  The Attorney General’s office must create a statewide employment assistance program for low-income noncustodial parents if federal funding is available.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 337.423 Discrimination prohibited.

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  Employers may not pay workers of one sex less than workers of the opposite sex for comparable work in the same establishment, and they may not retaliate against workers for enforcing the rule.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 67.780 Employer to withhold taxes.

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  Employers paying compensation must withhold any tax imposed on that compensation by a tax district and pay the withheld amounts to the levying tax district.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.630 Coverage of employers.

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  Certain employers must comply with this chapter, including most persons with employees in the state and listed public entities with covered employees.

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  KRS § 341.370 Disqualifications -- Length of time.

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  A worker can be disqualified from unemployment benefits for certain failures, misconduct, voluntary quitting without good cause, bad-faith job seeking, or knowingly making false statements; some situations are exempt, and the secretary has limited discretion to extend disqualification for false statements.

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  KRS § 337.420 Definitions.

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  This section defines key terms used in the statute, including employee, employer, wage rate, employ, occupation, commissioner, and person.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 339.090 Repealed, 1948.

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  This section was repealed in 1948; the repeal note says the catchline was “Employer required to submit proof of child’s age.”

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  KRS § 151B.212 Employment First Council -- Membership -- Length of terms -- Officers -- Meetings.

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  This section creates the Employment First Council, sets its membership and terms, and requires the council to meet quarterly and operate under open records rules.

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  KRS § 6.754 Prohibition against employment of and certain other conduct relating to members of a legislator's family -- Exception -- Penalty.

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  This section bars certain employment and conduct involving a legislator’s family members, with a preexisting-employment exception, and says a violation is ethical misconduct.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 16.584 Employer pay credits for members in hybrid cash balance plan -- Report -- Reduction of accumulated sick leave -- Funding in executive branch budget.

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  The section sets rules for employer pay credits tied to accumulated sick leave for certain State Police Retirement System members in the hybrid cash balance plan, and requires the Department of Kentucky State Police to report information and reduce sick leave used for credits.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 344.060 Discrimination by labor organizations.

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  Labor organizations may not discriminate in membership, referrals, or employment-related conduct because of protected characteristics.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 78.852 Benefits not to be reduced or impaired for members who began participating before January 1, 2014 -- Exceptions -- Amendment of benefits and rights -- Employers' funding responsibility -- Authority of board when employer fails to meet funding requirements.

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  Members who started before January 1, 2014 keep protected benefits; later members may be subject to changes, and employers must fund the system.

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